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Here we are surrounded by material that's being manufactured in unimaginable quantities worldwide and is used everywhere. I don't like it, no one likes it, and yet it's pervasive. We don't even see it.
Frank Gehry
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Frank Gehry
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: February 28
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City of Toronto
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